egypt corruption

CAIRO, Sept 6 – Egypt’s parliament approved on Tuesday the appointment of Major General Mohamed Ali El-Sheikh as supply minister after his predecessor resigned amid allegations of corruption in wheat procurement in the world’s largest importer of the grain. Khaled Hanafi stepped down on Aug. 25 under pressure from parliament, which had launched an investigation

By Eric Knecht and Maha El Dahan CAIRO, Aug 22 – A fact-finding commission investigating corruption in Egypt’s domestic wheat supplies has delivered its final report to parliament, a lawmaker said on Monday, amid mounting pressure on the minister of supplies to resign. Egypt, the world’s largest importer of wheat, has been mired in controversy

Arbitrary detentions, torture, repression of the press and a failing economy have made Egypt a tinderbox By Janine di Giovanni Photographs by Vinciane Jacquet The day I arrived in Egypt in April, President Abdel-Fattah El Sisi had just given two Red Sea islands, Tiran and Sanafir, to King Salman of Saudi Arabia, who was visiting Cairo to announce billions

By Omar Fahmy CAIRO, March 28 – President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday sacked Egypt‘s top auditor who had stirred controversy by publicly concluding that government corruption had cost the country billions of dollars. Hesham Geneina came under heavy fire from senior officials and pro-government media after he alleged widespread graft in newspaper interviews at